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    Thought id give FireFox another try.. [RESOLVED]

    and found a problem, sometimes if you close firefox the downloads are gone when you next load firefox. Is there a way to stop this happening, say if it crashes?

    Also ill test this out.
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    Re: Thought id give FireFox another try..

    In Options -> Privacy, Delete the download history MANUALLY instead of When FX Closes.

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    Re: Thought id give FireFox another try..

    Um I don't think that's what he's referring to?
    The downloads are controlled by the last remaining instance of the Firefox.exe process. Once that's gone, your downloads are gone.

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    Re: Thought id give FireFox another try..

    dont want to buy additional software

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    Re: Thought id give FireFox another try..

    You don't have to buy it
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    Re: Thought id give FireFox another try..

    Hey,..
    The downloads dont close if your using firefox 1.02 above.This problem of downloads closing when you close firefox only exists in the older versions of firefox.Try downloading the newer version of firefix,I think everything would be fine in it.Its fine for me here...Im using firefox 1.04
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    Re: Thought id give FireFox another try..

    Quote Originally Posted by uniquegodwin
    Hey,..
    The downloads dont close if your using firefox 1.02 above.This problem of downloads closing when you close firefox only exists in the older versions of firefox.Try downloading the newer version of firefix,I think everything would be fine in it.Its fine for me here...Im using firefox 1.04
    Just FYI Firefox 1.0.6 is now out



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    Re: Thought id give FireFox another try..

    I did install the latest version of it, i find everytime i use the browser it gets slower and slower, for whats it worth, Opera is by far the best borwser, especially since it uses MDI tab browsing and not Static

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    Re: Thought id give FireFox another try..

    slower and slower?
    oh well,i dont know .
    but,its rated as the most secure and best browser
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    Re: Thought id give FireFox another try..

    ok, depends where you read that, but see here:

    http://www.lintacious.com/opera/compare.php

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    Re: Thought id give FireFox another try.. [RESOLVED]

    Firefox seems to work pretty fast no matter what on my computer. Where can I get Opera at? I wanna see a difference speedwise.

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    Re: Thought id give FireFox another try.. [RESOLVED]

    Nevermind I found it. Its http://www.opera.com/.

    Works super fast!!!

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    Re: Thought id give FireFox another try.. [RESOLVED]

    Does Opera still have those giant ads in the top right corner?
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    Re: Thought id give FireFox another try.. [RESOLVED]

    yes,opera has those ads
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    Re: Thought id give FireFox another try.. [RESOLVED]

    Not going back to opera then



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    Re: Thought id give FireFox another try.. [RESOLVED]

    Firefox is the best lol
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    Re: Thought id give FireFox another try.. [RESOLVED]

    Set the ads to text mode

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    Re: Thought id give FireFox another try.. [RESOLVED]

    True but no



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    Re: Thought id give FireFox another try.. [RESOLVED]

    buy the full version, or if you use Zone Alarm, you can completely remove the ads, and let i point out that Jocob is right, SUPER SUPER FAST!

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    Re: Thought id give FireFox another try.. [RESOLVED]

    No,Mozilla Firefox is faster lol
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    Re: Thought id give FireFox another try.. [RESOLVED]

    Actually I have all 3 browsers (IE, FX, Opera), and Opera runs faster than the other 2. And in the installation, it gave you a choice of having the ads in text mode or graphics. I chose text, and its easy to ignor and doesnt take much space on your browser.

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    Re: Thought id give FireFox another try.. [RESOLVED]

    Well most people here say Firefox is the best, but they cant comment really until they have tried Opera out and weighed the pro's and cons.

    So, until you actually try Opera and see how fast and sophisticated the browser is, dont say Firefox is better until then.

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    Re: Thought id give FireFox another try.. [RESOLVED]

    I've tried it, and Fx is better than Opera IMO. Opera is fast, but Fx is reliable and the speed difference is very small

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    Re: Thought id give FireFox another try.. [RESOLVED]

    yeah,I Agree to kfc
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